གསེར་གྱི་ས་གཞི། | Glossary of Terms

གསེར་གྱི་ས་གཞི།

gser gyi sa gzhi

kāñcanamayī bhūmi
kāñcanacakra

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base of the universe

The Hundred Deeds

base of the universe

གསེར་གྱི་ས་གཞི།

gser gyi sa gzhi

kāñcanamayī bhūmi
kāñcanacakra

Definition in this text:

Sometimes called the “golden ground,” or “universal base,” “The mythological basis of our known world. It is made of gold and situated below Mount Sumeru” (Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary).

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